Subsea Craft
Technical Author
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Technical Author
Salary: Up to £50,000 DOE
Position Type: Full Time | Permanent
About SubSea Craft
SubSea Craft is a fast-growing, privately-funded, UK-based innovative maritime technology company specialising in next-generation, high-performance watercraft and systems. We operate at the intersection of advanced engineering, cutting-edge design, and user-centric innovation, delivering safe, effective, and enabling solutions for both commercial and defence applications.
What We Offer
- Pension Contribution – Pension scheme with the option to contribute via salary sacrifice.
- Annual Bonus Scheme – Eligibility to participate in the company’s annual discretionary bonus scheme, linked to individual and company performance.
- Life Assurance and Critical Illness Cover – Comprehensive protection including Life Assurance (4x salary) and Critical Illness Cover for added financial security.
- Annual Leave – Entitlement to 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Christmas Leave – A Christmas shutdown is typically observed.
- Wellbeing Day – An additional Wellbeing Day each year to focus on personal health and wellbeing.
- Family Leave – Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
- Private Healthcare – Access to comprehensive private healthcare coverage to support physical and mental wellbeing.
- Professional Development – Commitment to ongoing learning and career growth, supported by training programmes and access to LinkedIn Learning.
- Flexible Working – Opportunities for flexible working arrangements to promote work–life balance.
- Inclusive Culture – A professional environment that values diversity, innovation, and collaboration.
Role Overview
We are seeking a Technical Author to join a growing team creating and delivering high-quality, user-focused technical publications that support the operation and maintenance of our maritime defence products. As a digital-first organisation, we are committed to advanced tools and methods including structured XML authoring, PLM and CAD integration, S1000D, multi-channel publishing, with a strong emphasis on content reuse and user experience.
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This is a hands-on role for someone who can produce accurate and consistent content across a range of publication types, including operator and maintainer documentation, while also helping to define scope, structure, and production workflows for our technical publication sets across our product range.
Responsibilities
As a Technical Author, you will be responsible for the efficient creation, management, and delivery of high-quality technical information to support the operation and maintenance of our defence products. Your day-to-day will include:
- Authoring and publishing technical content (such as operator manuals, maintenance procedures, and parts catalogues) in structured XML in accordance with S1000D and other content standards, using a Common Source Database (CSDB).
- Applying content reuse strategies and modular authoring principles to maximise efficiency, consistency, and maintainability of documentation.
- Championing user experience by ensuring content is logically structured, easily navigable, and accessible via multiple channels, including web and Interactive Electronic Technical Publications (IETPs).
- Collaborating closely with engineering, supportability, and programme teams to capture, validate, and convert technical inputs into accurate and compliant publications.
- Coordinating and liaising with internal resources and external suppliers for additional technical authoring and digital media creation.
- Managing end-to-end documentation tasks, ensuring on-time, high-quality delivery to internal and external stakeholders.
Qualifications and Experience
Required:
- Strong working knowledge of ASD S1000D, including data module creation and structured XML authoring across a range of document types.
- Demonstrable experience creating technical documentation content for defence, aerospace, or similarly complex technical domains.
- Experience authoring in a CSDB environment and publishing to IETP formats.
- Proficiency in XML authoring tools.
- Ability to interpret CAD models, engineering drawings, system descriptions, equipment specifications, engineering change orders, and vendor documentation; translate them into clear, accurate user documentation.
- Strong organisational, analytical, and communication skills.
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Desirable:
- Familiarity with S2000M, S3000L, or other ASD specifications.
- Working knowledge of PLM systems, and integration with technical documentation workflows.
Note: Due to the nature of work undertaken at SubSea Craft, the selected candidate must be capable of meeting the security requirements of the position, which would include as a minimum existing right to live and work in the UK, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), with UK National security clearance required for certain roles.*
Company Values
Our people are our greatest asset; we continually strive to provide an excellent working environment to enable our team to do their best work. We have an agile professional workforce:
- Teamwork, mutual respect and collaboration
- Initiative and independent working
- Honesty and integrity
- Business and commercial awareness
- Agility, adaptability and continuous development
We are committed to building an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or adjustments to interact with us, please let us know.
Disclaimers:
- All offers of employment are conditional and subject to satisfactory DBS, driving licence and reference checks.
- A criminal record will not automatically disqualify candidates from employment. We will consider criminal record information alongside the wider range of evidence gathered at the application, interview, and pre-employment checking stages.
- Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to respond to everyone. If you are shortlisted, we will aim to contact you within 14 days of your application or the closing date (if stated).
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